The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary
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| Entry | Definition |
|---|---|
| anot | also that one |
| anqoc | sometimes, from time to time |
| anqotuwa | boil, abscess, carbuncle |
| anqotuwawimin | (fruit of tree of genus Amelanchier) serviceberry, wild pear |
| anqotuwawimus | (tree of genus Amelanchier) serviceberry, shadbush, wild pear |
| anqotuwawine | s/he has abscess(es), has boil(s), has piles or hemorrhoids |
| ansa | like; truly, really |
| ansahc | as if |
| Ansesil | Ansela |
| 't-antimol | h/ aunt |
| Anuwit | Anna, Hannah |
| ap | fishnet |
| apa, apahsis | give me a kiss! (said to children) |
| apaci (apac-, apat-) | coming back, returning |
| 't-apacikpenal | (basketmaking) s/he folds or bends h/ back, folds h/ to the outside (stander, i.e., vertical splint of unfinished basket) |
| 't-apacikpenomon | (basketmaking) s/he folds back the standers (vertical splints) of it (unfinished basket; i.e., folds them to the outside, before positioning rim at top) |
| 't-apaci-milan | s/he gives it back to h/ |
| 't-apaci-msonal, 't-apaci-psonal | s/he gets h/ back (from someone) |
| 't-apaci-msonomon, 't-apaci-psonomon | s/he gets it back, retrieves it |
| apaci-nehse | s/he starts to breathe again, gets breath back |
| apaci-papahtom | s/he returns to religious faith, comes back to the fold |
| 't-apaciphal | s/he brings h/ back, returns h/ |
| 't-apaciptun | s/he brings it back |
| 't-apaciptuwan | s/he brings it back to h/ (something belonging to h/) |
| 't-apaciyamal | s/he comes back to h/; (inverse forms, also) s/he, it comes back to haunt h/ |